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Close reading visual and oral texts · Part 1 of 2
6 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 8 quick multi-choice questions — every question on this part of the standard, grouped by the 2 pages of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one. That comparison is where the learning happens.
Explain what AS91480 asks for, and how responding critically differs from analysing. Refer to the standard's conditions.
Explain, with reasons, why a detailed and accurate analysis of an unseen sequence can still sit at the floor of this standard.
Respond critically to the view that requiring an unstudied text makes this standard a test of quick thinking rather than of close reading.
Describe the method you would use on a visual text you are meeting for the first time, and explain what each stage gives you.
Explain, with reasons, why a student's first impressions of an unstudied text should be written down before any analysis, even though impressions are not judgements.
Respond critically to the claim that logging a text in detail makes a response mechanical, and that the best readings come from watching attentively and then writing.